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Mr Ismail has been pivotal in the development of laparoscopic colorectal surgery and enhanced recovery pathways in the West Midlands, and is amongst the first to routinely perform the minimally invasive HALO procedure in the area.

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To make an appointment with Mr Ismail for a consultation to include a diagnosis and treatment plan please call us on 020 3198 2424 or email info@halocentre.com.

Education and Training

Mr Tariq Ismail graduated from Cardiff University School of Medicine in 1982, obtained the FRCS in 1986 and then completed his surgical training in Birmingham, Hong Kong and at the National Cancer Institute, Tokyo. He was awarded the prestigious Sheldon Research Fellowship which led to the award of MD with Distinction for his Doctorate Thesis. After completion of training in gastrointestinal surgery he was appointed in 1995 as Consultant Surgeon to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and as Honorary Senior Lecturer to the University of Birmingham.

Professional Memberships

Mr Tariq Ismail is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGB&I). Previously he has been Chair of the Pan Birmingham Cancer Network Colorectal Group, Surgical Tutor, Clinical Service Lead for Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Surgery and Examiner for the MRCS examination at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

He is a member of the Fundraising Committee of the Bowel Disease Research Foundation, a charity to promote research, education and public awareness in bowel diseases including bowel cancer.

Current Position

Since appointment as Consultant Colorectal Surgeon to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1995, Mr Tariq Ismail has played a key role in developing colorectal referral pathways, advanced colorectal laparoscopic surgery and enhanced surgical recovery in Birmingham and the West Midlands. He was one the first to perform SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery) for bowel cancer in the UK.

He was pivotal in introducing CT colonography ( “Virtual Colonoscopy”) and Video Capsule Endoscopy (“pill Cam”). Mr Tariq Ismail has been featured in the popular TV series Embarrassing Bodies performing the HALO and Don’t Die Young performing laparoscopic surgery on a colon cancer patient.

Research and Publications

He has published widely on translational research in proteomics, gene therapy and biomarkers in colorectal cancer. His research team have been awarded major research grants from Cancer Research UK, Medical Research Council, Welcome Foundation for pivotal studies on early detection of bowel cancer.

His research fellows been received a number of awards including The Arderne Gold Medal by the Royal Society of Medicine, Syme Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Digestives Diseases Prize by the Association of Coloproctology.